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On language complexity as authority and new hope for secure systems
Why is the overwhelming majority of common networked software still not secure, despite all effort to the contrary? Why is it almost certain to get exploited so long as attackers can craft its inputs? Why is it the case that no amount of effort seems to be enough to fix software that must speak certain protocols?
The video of The Science of Insecurity by Meredith Patterson crossed my radar several times last year, but I just recently found time to watch it. She offers hope:
In this talk we'll draw a direct connection between this ubiquitous insecurity and basic computer science concepts of Turing completeness and theory of languages. We will show how well-meant protocol designs are doomed to their implementations becoming clusters of 0-days, and will show where to look for these 0-days. We will also discuss simple principles of how to avoid designing such protocols.
In memory of Len Sassaman
In discussion of Postel's Principle, she argues:
Treat input-handling computational power [aka input language complexity] as privilege, and reduce it whenever possible.
This is essentially the principle of least privilege, which is the cornerstone of capability systems.
I have been arguing for keeping web language complexity down since I started working on HTML. The official version is the 2006 W3C Technical Architecture Group finding on The Rule of Least Power, but as far back as my 1994 essay, On Formally Unconvertable Document Formats, I wrote:
The RTF, TeX, nroff, etc. document formats provide very sophisticated automated techniques for authors of documents to express their ideas. It seems strange at first to see that plain text is still so widely used. It would seem that PostScript is the ultimate document format, in that its expressive capabilities include essentially anything that the human eye is capable of perceiving, and yet it is device-independent.
And yet if we take a look at the task of interpreting data back into the ideas that they represent, we find that plain text is much to be preferred, since reading plain text is so much easier to automate than reading GIF files (optical character recognition) or postscript documents (halting problem). In the end, while the source to a various TeX or troff documents may correspond closely to the structure of the ideas of the author, and while PostScript allows the author very precise control and tremenous expressive capability, all these documents ultimately capture an image of a document for presentation to the human eye. They don't capture the original information as symbols that can be processed by machine.
To put it another way, rendering ideas in PostScript is not going to help solve the problem of information overload -- it will only compound the situation.
But as recently as my Dec 2008 post on Web Applications security designs, I didn't see the connection between language complexity and privilege, and had little hope of things getting better:
The E system, which is a fascinating model of secure multi-party communication (not to mention lockless concurrency), [...] seems an impossibly high bar to reach, given the worse-is-better tendency in software deployment.
On the other hand, after wrestling with the patchwork of javascript security policies in browsers in the past few weeks, the capability approach in adsafe looks simple and elegant by comparison. Is there any chance we can move the state-of-the-art that far?
After all, who would be crazy enough to essentially throw out all the computing platforms we use and start over?
I've been studying CapROS: The Capability-based Reliable Operating System. Its heritage goes back through EROS in 1999 and KeyKOS in 1988 to GNOSIS in 1979. After a few hours of study, I started to wonder where the pull would come from to provide energy to complete the project. Then this headline crossed my radar:
Kaspersky To Build Secure OS For SCADA Systems
I saw some comments encouraging them to look at EROS. I hope they do. Meanwhile, Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX lets capability approaches co-exist with traditional unix security.
These days, the browser is the biggest threat vector, and turing-complete data, i.e. mobile code, remains notoriously difficult to secure:
Yet another Java flaw allows "complete" bypass of security sandbox Ars Technica
Flaw in last three Java versions, 8 years worth, puts a billion users at risk.
by Jon Brodkin - Sept 25 2012
The sort of thing that gives me hope is chromium-capsicum - a version of Google's Chromium web browser that uses capability mode and capabilities to provide effective sandboxing of high-risk web page rendering.
Another is servo, Mozilla's exploration into a new browser architecture built on rust. Rust is a new systems programming language designed toward concerns of "programming in the large", that is, of creating and maintaining boundaries – both abstract and operational – that preserve large-system integrity, availability and concurrency.
It took me several hours, but the other night I managed to build rust and servo. While servo is clearly in its infancy, passing a few dozen tests but not bearing much resemblance to an actual web browser, rust is starting to feel quite mature.
I'd like to see more of a least-authority approach in the rust standard library. Here's hoping for time to participate.
Author: dconnolly
Categories: video security networking research
"In-Home Monitoring in Support of Caregivers for Patients with Dementia" obtains NSF US-Ignite grant
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded us an exploratory research (EAGER) grant for In-Home Monitoring in Support of Caregivers for Patients with Dementia. The investigator team is:
Dr. Russ Waitman, Principal Investigator, is Director of Biomedical Informatics at KU Medical Center.
Dr. Kristine Williams, Co-Investigator, is Associate Professor of Nursing and Associate Scientist of Gerontology at the University of Kansas.
Dr. James Sterbenz, Co-Investigator, is the lead PI of an NSF GENI project: The Great Plains Environment for Network Innovation (GpENI).
This project develops, integrates, and tests advanced video and networking technologies to support family caregivers in managing behavioral symptoms of individuals with dementia, a growing public health problem that adds to caregiver stress, increases morbidity and mortality, and accelerates nursing home placement. The project builds upon a recent University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) clinical pilot study that tested the application of video monitoring in the home to support family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease who exhibited disruptive behaviors. The proposed project focuses on expanding the in-home technological tools available to strengthen the linkage between patients and caregivers with their healthcare team via multi-camera full-motion/high definition video monitoring. Google's deployment this year of a 1 Gpbs fiber network throughout Kansas City provides the ideal environment for measuring the impact that ultra-high speed networking will have on health care.
In a January NSF press release, the National Science Foundation (NSF) "announced that it will serve as the lead federal agency for a White House Initiative called US Ignite, which aims to realize the potential of fast, open, next-generation networks."
Our new connection with US Ignite provides access to resources in that community such as Mozilla Ignite and the GENI network lab. If you'd like to get involved, email Dan Connolly and Russ Waitman.
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triggax	in Uncategorized	 September 19, 2009 1,325 Words
Rant, on a lot.
Choose whether or not you want to read all of this.. It's entirely up to you. Jennifers Body premiered this weekend with a staggering 7 million domestically… jesus fucking christ… what an embarassment… You know that Megan Fox has been in the news recently talking shit about Michael Bay constantly, bad mouthing the transformers movies, then people actually have the nerve to say "Oh well shes fucking super hot and fucking michael bay just needs to sit back and take it or nobodies coming to see transformers 3" Whaaaaat the fuck ever, this fucking dim witted retard couldn't act her way out of a grocery story, let alone a paper bag… What a fucking moron.. Having tits and ass and a cunt attitude works really well for prostitutes because at the end of it all you can fuck them. Unless your that homo from Beverly hills 90210, you're not fucking Megan Fox… Having tits and ass and a cunt attitude and no work ethic and blatant disregard for one of the foremost important and bankable directors working today gets you about as far as Lohan… And we all know where that cunt muscle ended up. At the bottom of an empty bag of crack cutting herself like a fucking junior high kid… What a joke… So there you have it, fucking eat a dick Megan Fox. Your not even all that hot, your fucking grossly skinny and now your first lead in a film has completely fucking tanked and you've ruined what could have been a nice career for Diablo Cody…
Johnny Depp may or may not be dropping out of the 4th installment of Pirates of the Caribbean… He had initially signed on to a 3 picture deal for the initial trilogy… Not because he wanted to. but as a favor for a friend at disney, Johnny Depp has been quoted as saying that "disney, is everything that is wrong with hollywood today" so obviously you see why he didn't initially sign on… It was Dick Cook who had convinced him to take part in the trilogy, then after working with Disney on the projects he inked another 4 major motion picture deal with disney… PotC 4, The Lone Ranger, Alice in Wonderland and some other shit that Im not privy to… So they fired Dick Cook and now Depp has stated that his involvement is somewhat in limbo because of it… YAP YAP… Does anybody really care about Depp anymore? Am I the only person on earth thats sick to death of seeing Edward Scissorhands transformed into 100 different characters every year… Its all the same… "Oh my god hes such an amazing character actor" mMmMmmmm noooo he's really not that awesome… Back in the day when he was making films for the sake of making films and for the sake of working he was worth something. Benny and Joon, Dead Man, Nick of Time and Whats eating gilbert grape… even in his small supporting roles he was much better suited….. Now hes a joke, an impression of himself… The sniveling cunt will barely even work inside north america because he finds the people brute and brash and boring (actual quote) (just look at that picture up there… what a pompous ass).. what a fuck this guy is, yet so many of you worship the very ground he pisses on… Lets have a look at his career… From 1988 to 1995 he made a string of fucking excellent films… wonderful films… Edward scissorhands, Ed Wood, Dead Man, Gilbert Grape, Don Juan Demarco the list goes on… even on 21 jump street he was fucking solid… THEN THEN THEN Came the big turn when he played hunter thompson in Fear and Loathing, and dont get me wrong, I love it as much as the next guy, but after that character he became more and more fucking obscure, but not in a progressive way… Not at all… His obscurities were just one rip off of another of another of the last… they were all the same.. His character in The Ninth Gate, the exact same character he portrayed in From Hell… Sweeney Todd, about the same as Ichibod Crane with more slight eccentricities. and willy wonka.. fuck me dont even get me started, what a fucking joke… They are just combinations of each other at this point… NOT to say that it's a bad thing.. I just don't understand the praise for a man as the greatest character actor that EVER lived. He is not at all, his work is that of a method actor, and a mediocre method actor at that… and please tell me that Captain Sparrow isnt Hunter Thompson with an accent, dreads and a fu manchu.. what a fucking joke… Kieth Richards was in the 3rd pirates film for less than 2 minutes and he portrayed the same character much more convincingly… Dont get me wrong, all of his movies are good.. he is quite good.. he just gets too much praise for being something that he isn't… what he IS, is a self centered dick of a man that wont leave his house in france unless you pay him 30 million dollars… yes please lets all worship this man.. hes done something to warrant that…
Woooo moving along, Joe Carnahans version of the ATEAM is almost fully cast they've begun principal photography in Vancouver, Liam Neeson is hannibal, Bradley Cooper is Face, Sharlto Copley, (if you dont know who he is, watch District 9) is Murdoch and Rampage Jackson is BA Baracus… Along with Patrick wilson sporting the supporting vehicle and Jessica Biel as a military love interest for face I believe… Anyways whats known so far is that they're going old school with this one.. same story line as the first season, yet with much less camp and a lot more violence.. They're even keeping the original fucking van… STOKED!
Karate Kid remake… fuck off…. Will Smiths wiener of a child Jaden smith is filling the role of Macchio… yeah… makes perfect sense.. lets have a 4 year old black kid play a 19 year old white kids part in the remake.. Why the fuck are they remaking the Karate Kid in the first place? How fucking retarded do you have to be?… waste of fucking money… Hollywood will not stop until they've cheated you out of your entire paycheck…
Speaking of originality.. What happened?.. Where did it all go… I mean we used to see shit like Tron and War Games, and fucking ET and Jurassic Park and all these fun eye opening adventures that people would gladly shell out the cash to go see.. now more often than not we're disappointed when leaving the cinema… Everything we see now is some form of recycled dribble from one era or another… Why do I want to see Halloween 2 in theaters? I FUCKIN SAW THAT SHIT 15 YEARS AGO… What the fuck… whats the point… "I Reimagined it" noo you fucking RUINED IT… You're all fucking stupid… THE ONLY shit that should be made into big hollywood movies are NOVELS or 80's tv shows… Why do I need an update… Did you know that the fox studios are already talking about a Fantastic 4 Reboot… WTF WHY?! you fucked it up like 37 seconds ago… what fucking difference does it make now.. They're talking about another superman reboot… WHY WHY WHY…?!? If they would have left the FIRST one alone… it would be legendary… no sequels, nothing.. that movie as a standalone film IS legendary, but could you imagine the power it could have had, had there not been 900 million other superman super baby super girl super woman steel fucking movies out there… you RUINED it you fucking ruined it… rot in hell…
Holy fuck I could go on ALL DAY but I really have to work… So, how about soak that shit in and check out this gnarly looking bad ass trailer for Harry Brown, with Michael Caine.
Swayze.
Aha! It has arrived.


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Tar Heel Traveler
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The Tar Heel Traveler is the name of a feature reporting segment that has appeared in WRAL-TV newscast since the 1970s.
Like other local television feature franchises, the Tar Heel Traveler was inspired by Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" reports that premiered on CBS in 1967. Kuralt traveled the nation's byways in search of interesting characters, places and things, and it wasn't long before similar reports showed up on local television stations.
Channel 5 launched the Tar Heel Traveler in the 1970s and seven reporters have produced stories for the franchise through the years. John Pronk was the first, followed by Skip Cilley, Mike Stevens, Bill Draper, Bill Leslie and Les Boney.
WRAL's Scott Mason assumed the Traveler mantle in 2007 and he has produced more than 1,300 Tar Heel Traveler features in the years since.
Highlights for Tar Heel Traveler
Looking Back at 65 Years on Air for WRAL-TV
Earlier in December, WRAL-TV celebrated 65 years on the air. WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler, created this video package in honor of the milestone:
Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason Honored for His Impact on North Carolina
Scott Mason, WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler, was honored with the Sanford Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Meg Moss, executive director for the Sanford Chamber of Commerce, said the award honors Mason for his significant impact
Cribbage players travel to Raleigh, North Carolina to compete in the annual National Cribbage Tournament – the world's largest cribbage event.
Nick Pond, former WRAL Sports director/anchor and avid cribbage player, formed the American Cribbage Congress and national tournament in 1973. The competition was held in the studios of WRAL-TV.
We have two vintage stories about the tournament. The first story aired in 2013. Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler, provides a bit of history about this brainy card game.
The second video aired in 1979. WRAL News reporter Del Walters talks with WRAL Sports anchor Nick Pond explains how cribbage, a popular game at family and friend gatherings, came out of the living room to take center stage with its own tournament.
WRAL 60th Anniversary "The Early Years" by The Tar Heel Traveler
WRAL celebrated 60 years of broadcasting on December 15, 2016. In recognition of that anniversary, Scott Mason – better known as The Tar Heel Traveler – took viewers on a time travel, via black and white film footage, to witness several news events covered by WRAL during the early years.
A few of the highlights include President John F. Kennedy's visit to the campus of UNC to WRAL News Director Bill Armstrong's interview with NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong while he was training at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. Meet Marlene Carole, WRAL's first female weatherperson who used a chalkboard to write the high and low temperatures – with an eye-wink. Later we see WRAL transition to color and then lead the nation in HD technology.
Feature edited by WRAL Tar Heel Traveler photographer Bob Meikle.
WRAL 60th Groundbreaking Retrospective by The Tar Heel Traveler
In recognition of WRAL's 60th Anniversary, Scott Mason – better known as The Tar Heel Traveler – took viewers back to October 17, 1956 for the groundbreaking ceremonies of the studios on Western Boulevard in Raleigh. WRAL would sign on two months later on December 15, 1956 using a temporary studio in the garage of the transmitter building near Garner.
Scott Mason interviewed Wesley Williams, former President of Greater Raleigh Merchants Association, for his recollection of that rainy day in October. Also interviewed is CEO Jim Goodmon, grandson of founder A.J. Fletcher and nephew of Fred Fletcher.
WRAL-FM carried the dedication ceremonies LIVE with Fred Fletcher, VP of Capitol Broadcasting introducing the guest speakers and providing commentary. George Geoghegan, VP of Wachovia Bank and Trust served as Master of Ceremonies. Other speakers included Charles Campbell, President of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and Wesley Williams, at the time Secretary of the Raleigh Merchants Association.
The highlight of the event was Dorothy Collins, star of the NBC television program "Your Hit Parade," joining CBC Founder and President AJ Fletcher to turn the soil with a gold color shovel. The day was rainy and gray, but everyone beamed with excitement. Dorothy Collins said, "I hope this station goes on forever and ever."


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Q: CRM 2016 On premise - Can not connect to CRM with Plugin Registration In IFD Mode I have Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 On Premise and IFD Enabled On it.
In this situation I can not connect plugin Registration to CRM. Even I can not connect with XRMtoolbox.
My problem is what is Home Realm URL?

Unable to Login to Dynamics CRM

An Error occurred while processing the login request.

A: Try removing all your 3rd party plugins except the plugging registration tool.
Also there is a plugin registration tool from Microsoft in the CRM SDK download that you can use as well.

A: Do yourself a favor and download the CRM 2011 SDK.  In the bin folder is the plug-in registration tool.  The new version released in 2013+ is complete garbage with bugs that Microsoft Support is not interested in fixing.
That said, I don't think you can "Use Default Credentials" with IFD.  For the server you should just put organizationName.domainname.tld.  For user name use your UPN or domain\username.  Don't use both the domain and user name fields unless you're using integrated authentication.

A: The Problem is In adfs Endpoints. After you Install IFD on CRM You want a Important Endpoint That Named "Mex".
For Solve The Problem First go to ADFS Management and go to endpoints and Click on adfs/services/trust/Mex and click on Enable and Enable on proxy for this Endpoint. after that reset the iis and adfs service.
Then You can Browse that enpoint with https://service.contoso.com/adfs/services/trust/mex.
if you See the Metadata Xml Document Now You Can Connect With Any Tool Like Portal, Plugin Registration, Xrmtoolbox, etc.
but If you Don't see this metadata use this Command in Power shell to Change The Adfs Port.
Set-ADFSProperties –nettcpport: 809

i Choose 809 for My Port And You Can choose any port you want Except 443 or 80 or 90, Then like before Restart The IIS and Restart ADFS Service and then you Can see metadata And You Can Connect With Any Application to CRM 2016 On Premise IFD Mode.
At The End Of this Answer You can See My Metadata Page And My Connected Plugin Registration Tool Pictures.
If You Have Any Question You Can Ask it From Me.

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Name: Melanie C
Salary: $3 Million +
Monthly Income: $0.2 Million +
Date of Birth: January 12, 1974
Profession: English singer-songwriter
Nationality: British, English
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Melanie C Net Worth, Biography, Husband, Age, Height, Weight, and many more details can be checked on this page. Melanie C is an American actor who has a net worth of $40 Million. Although the people of today know her as a TV personality, Very few people know that she is a very well-established English singer and songwriter. She is currently Seen On TV as an actress or a reality TV show host. But there was a time when she was part of The Sensational band, that band was known as Spice Girls. Another member of that band is none other than Victoria Beckham.
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Her album Northern Star is still considered one of the best albums in the last 30 years. The world's best English singer-songwriter "Melanie C" has a net worth of $40 Million. According to various online resources (Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDB), the most popular English singer-songwriter Melanie C's estimated net worth is around $40 Million.
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Name Melanie C
Net Worth (2022) $40 Million
Profession English singer-songwriter
Monthly Income And Salary $0.2 Million +
Yearly Income And Salary $3 Million +
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Melanie Chisholm was born on the 12th of January 1974. Melanie Chisholm was born in Western England. According to her, she learned singing from her mother. Her mother was a Small Town singer. Her mother was an assistant and used to do the singing part-time. She imported all her wisdom to her wife, her daughter Melanie Chisholm, Although she wanted to be a singer. But she knew that a singing career is a far-fetched dream. She still responded to an advertisement in the year 1994.
The same advertisement was answered by another member of the Spice girls. She defeated 400 other women to be part of that group. We cannot tell you how successful that group was. They ended up selling more than 50 million records in just six years. Some people will say that they were the most successful band since the Beatles in England. Apart from music, they were doing all kinds of things.
They also produced a movie called Spice World, then went on to become a box office hit. It collected more than 130 million dollars. The band was abandoned at the end of the 90s. Since then, it has been reunited a few times and has done several tours As a reunion tour, it is expected to do another reunion tour in the Year 2023. You may also like James Tupper Net Worth.
Real Name Melanie Jayne Chisholm
Nick Name: Melanie C
Birth Place: Whiston, United Kingdom
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 12 January 1974
In Pounds – 130 lbs.
Eye Colour: Brown
Education: Bird College, Fairfield High School
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Social media Accounts: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
Kids/Children Name: Scarlet Starr
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Children Scarlet Starr
Parents Joan Chisholm, Alan Chisholm
Siblings Paul O'Neill, Emma Williams, Liam Chisholm, Jad Chisholm
We will update this article if that happens. After leaving the Spice Girls, Melanie Chisholm had a very successful career and a long solo career. Yeah, as a matter of fact, she is one of the Best singers of the last 20 years. She went into the world of TV. S She was part of the season on The X Factor Australia. She appeared as a judge in Superstar.
She has been part of several reality shows, since then Melanie Chisholm still lives in London, England, and London's property Comes somewhere near three million dollars Most of these Spice girls went on to their life. Most of the Spice Girls members were not successful after their tenure as part of a Spice Girl. Melanie Chisholm defied this principle and became a solo singer. Who was a successful solo artist? Melanie Chisholm went on to make her Mark in the world of TV.
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The Clear Line
2000s, Criticism, Fine Arts, Luc Sante, The Arts
By Luc Sante
From Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!
In a corner of my office, on top of a bookcase, lies a hunting horn—a sort of bugle, curved in the manner of a French horn. It has occupied a place in my inner sanctum wherever I've lived since childhood. Such horns are not hard to find secondhand in the Ardennes Mountains of southern Belgium, since these days there's not much call for them by hunters of the stag and the boar. The reason I talked my parents into buying me this horn can be found in the fifth panel on page 4 of the sixth adventure of Tintin, The Broken Ear. The panel shows Tintin visiting an artist's garret, a low skylit room with a bed on the floor amid a panoply of artistic bric-a-brac: a plaster bust, a horseshoe, a sixteenth-century helmet, a skull, a few paintings and sketches, and, directly above the pillow, a hunting horn. Since I wanted to be an artist at an age when most kids want to be firefighters, I knew that I would one day live in a room just like that, and wanted to get started accumulating the props. Possession of such a horn would ensure my future as an artist. The Tintin albums were never wrong about such things. Had I wanted to be a sea captain instead, I would have pestered my mother into knitting me a blue turtleneck sweater with an anchor motif on the chest, the kind worn by Tintin's friend Captain Haddock. The sweater would automatically have conferred upon me the authority to command a vessel.
But if the adventures of Tintin were my guide to life (and worryingly, perhaps, they still are; just a few years ago I bought a floor lamp at a flea market because it looked like the sort of thing Tintin would have in his living room), they were also the reason I wanted to be an artist. I was not alone. Because of Tintin, kids in Belgium, where the series and I both originated, aspire to draw comic strips the way their American counterparts want to start rock bands. I was typical: As soon as I could draw recognizable figures, I started working on a comic strip featuring an adventurous lad and his faithful dog. But even Belgians with no discernible talent have incorporated Tintin and his world-view into the fiber of their beings. The boy reporter made his debut in 1929 in the children's supplement of a Catholic newspaper, crudely drawn at first, but with his personality and that of his white terrier Milou (called "Snowy" in translation) fixed almost from the first panel of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first adventure. That he was an ageless kid, of less than medium height and of an uninsistent modesty despite his many accomplishments, answered to the best aspects of the suffering Belgian self-image. Overnight, or almost, he became a national icon.
Because of Tintin, kids in Belgium, where the series and I both originated, aspire to draw comic strips the way their American counterparts want to start rock bands.
Tintin is of indeterminate age; he can drive a car and shoot a gun but is said at least once by another character to be "hardly more than a child." He is invariably called "the boy reporter" in the fictional newspaper and radio accounts that are quoted within the panels, but is never seen doing any reporting or writing nor is any such work ever otherwise alluded to. He has a nice apartment and a substantial library although no apparent income; his constant travel might be paid for by law-enforcement agencies—Interpol, maybe—since the trips always lead to the solving of some crime or other, but he is never seen being assigned, debriefed, supervised, or compensated. He has no parents or any other relatives unless you count the all-male elective family he accumulates over the course of the series: Captain Haddock, the eccentric Professor Tournesol ("Calculus" in translation), and the twin detectives Dupont and Dupond ("Thompson" and "Thomson"). Milou (I can't bear to call him "Snowy") goes with him everywhere, including to the moon, where he has his own four-legged spacesuit. Tintin has a little tuft of blond hair sticking up in front, and unless he is in costume or disguise he wears the clothes of a jaunty youth of the 1930s, including plus-fours with argyle socks. My father, who was short, blond, and usually wore plus-fours, was called "Tintin" by his friends back before the war, although by the time I knew him his hair had turned black.
I began absorbing Tintin before I learned to read. I know that my father's mother gave me a subscription to the Tintin weekly magazine before she died, which was sometime around my fourth birthday. I'm pretty sure the magazine was then serializing Tintin in Tibet, the twentieth of the twenty-three volumes—twenty-four if you count the one left in rough sketch form by the death in 1983 of Georges Remi, known as Hergé, who wrote and drew the series and refused to consider a successor. Hergé attained his peak of productivity in the '40s, right in the middle of the war, when he published his strips in the Brussels daily Le Soir. The paper from those years is referred to as Le Soir volé—the stolen Soir—because it was overseen and censored by the German occupiers. Unlike most collaborators, Hergé got little more than an administrative slap after the war, and hardly any public opprobrium, because it was so clear he was an innocent by nature. His ideology was conservative, but it was molded for all time by the Catholic Boy Scouts. His world-view was that of a serious-minded twelve-year-old.
A serious-minded Belgian twelve-year-old in, say, 1939 would think of the colonial subjects in the Congo as simple, happy people who derived enormous benefits from being colonized. You couldn't expect them to understand complex matters, but at least you could send in the White Fathers to convert them to the Roman religion and stop them from eating each other, or whatever it was they did. Tintin in the Congo, book number two, makes for painful reading today, and not only because Tintin is so determined to bag every sort of big game that, unable to shoot a rhinoceros, he blows it up—although he uses too much powder and is left with just the horn. The caricatures of foreign cultures in the Tintin books are hardly virulent, just indicative of a smug ignorance pervasive throughout the Western world then, but the treatment of the Congolese is shocking because its grotesque simplifications had to have been based on self-serving firsthand accounts by the colonizers. To confirm this, all I have to do is look in my family album. My Uncle René, a drunken ne'er-do-well who lived in the Congo in the 1950s, is pictured with a much more mature-looking African gentleman standing a few paces behind him; this man is identified on the back as his "boy." The English word was used to mean "manservant" for obvious reasons—it wouldn't do to think of the Congolese as adults. Tintin is not an adult, either; he is the champion of youth, fighting the scary and corrupt adults of the world on their behalf. In the Congo these inimical adults are nearly all white, while the natives belong to Tintin's constituency regardless of their ages—it is the only country he visits where everyone recognizes him. When he leaves, the people cry.
Possibly the most striking thing in the Tintin universe is the almost complete absence of women. Of the 117 characters pictured in the portrait gallery on the endpapers of the hardcovers, only seven are female. Women are thin-lipped concierges or very occasionally the silent consorts of male characters; few have more than walk-on parts. The only significant or recurring female character is the overbearing diva Bianca Castafiore, who periodically appears to sing the "Jewel Song" from Gounod's Faust, a performance that has the effect of a gale-force wind. This is not so much misogyny as, again, the perspective of a nerdish pre-sexual twelve-year-old. There are no young girls, or attractive women of any age, because the frightened boy is determined not to see them. Tintin has been psychoanalyzed voluminously—the critical literature is vast, and canted upon every sort of postmodern theoretical framework—so that I'm certain that some academic somewhere has already suggested how much Tintin's family, as it were, resembles the Holy Trinity: the boy reporter as Jesus, Captain Haddock as an irascible Old-Testament Jehovah, and Milou—small, snow-white, and ever-present—as the Holy Ghost. You might still expect women to hover on the periphery of consciousness as mothers and whores, although both would distract from the serious business of adventure and crime-fighting, and introduce all kinds of unwanted ambiguity. Hergé, ever the Boy Scout, simply excised them.
That the adventures of Tintin remain unsullied by maturity or experience allows them to preserve their power as a visual primer.
Hergé redrew the first several stories (with the exception of the irredeemably crude Land of the Soviets) for their postwar publication in album form. Nevertheless, they are set in a period that while undefined necessarily predates May 1940, when the Nazis invaded Belgium. Even the later stories seem to take place in the 1930s, although none of us kid readers of the late '50s and early '60s minded or even noticed, since until the "economic miracle" of 1964, postwar Belgium itself effectively lived in the prewar era, at least with regard to technology. The world of Tintin's adventures is one in which servants wear livery, savants wear long beards, men emerge from fights with their false collars jutting out, and the lower orders are identified by their caps. The world is big enough to include little-documented countries you've never heard of, although no subject is so obscure that there isn't in Brussels some smock-wearing expert who knows all there is to know about it, and possesses the book- and artifact-stuffed apartment to prove it. It is a cozy world in which every detail is correctly labeled and filed away on the appropriate shelf. The world may contain its share of evil, but it is regularly swept and, like Belgian sidewalks, washed every week. There are no areas of gray. Villains—they are most often drug smugglers, sometimes counterfeiters—look and act like villains, and if heroes have their share of human failings (Captain Haddock's alcoholism being the major case in point), there is nevertheless no doubt about the purity of their souls. Sex, of course, would mess up everything.
The clear moral line is beautifully expressed by Hergé's graphic style, which is in fact called "clear line." This method of rendering the world accurately, sensuously, and yet very simply by distilling every sight down to its primary linear constituents derives most obviously from the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japanese popular woodblock-print style called ukiyo-e, and its masters Hiroshige and Hokusai. Those graphic artists were introduced to European eyes in the late nineteenth century, when their work had a particular impact upon the French Impressionists, especially Manet and Degas, who learned from them the value of cropping and of visual shorthand. Hergé absorbed not just those lessons; he swallowed their style whole. He enclosed every particule of the visible, no matter how fluid and shifting, in a thin, black, unhesitating line; made that line carry the burden of mass and weight without modeling; and endowed the line with an accomplice in the form of pure, clear, emphatic but not garish color. The style makes the world wonderfully accessible, in effect serving as an analogue to its hero's mission: Just as Tintin, a mere boy, can travel the world and navigate its dark passages and defeat its oppressors without himself succumbing to corruption, so you, too, whether you are seven or seventy-seven (the advertised age-range of the weekly), can confront the overwhelming variousness of the perceptual universe and realize its underlying simplicity without sacrificing your sense of wonder. And that is the core of Hergé's genius: to mitigate his young audience's fears and convert them into sensual delight.
When Tintin, menaced by Chicago gangsters in Tintin in America, must exit his hotel room through the window and make his way to the next one by inching his fingernails and shoe soles along the mortar between the bricks, the young reader prone to acrophobia (me, that is) can translate his trepidation into pleasure at the magnificent geometry of those many unyielding rows of windows as depicted very precisely from a dizzying oblique angle. The terror of suddenly coming into an entirely foreign landscape—notably, Shanghai in The Blue Lotus—can give way to joy at the immense panels of streets crowded with very individual pedestrians and surmounted by overlapping ranks of colorful banners and signs filled with intriguing if indecipherable Chinese characters. (For this volume Hergé sought the advice of a young Chinese artist then resident in Brussels, Chang Chong-Jen—who became a character in the story—so that the details possess particular authenticity.) The great heights, deep cold, and blinding snows of Tibet; the horror vacui of the featureless Sahara; the threat of a tempest at sea as experienced on a raft; even the empty and unknowable surface of the moon (circa 1955)—all of these can be not only managed but appreciated. To say that Hergé domesticated those locations and experiences would be putting the emphasis in the wrong place. What he did was to bring them into the child's compass, not only through the heroic surrogate of the boy reporter, but also visually, by scraping away murk and muddle and purifying it, revealing the world as an awe-inspiring but comprehensible series of planes.
In every way but the visual it is easy to dismiss the simplifications of the series. They are the legacy of the comfortable world view that rationalized colonialism—that complacently taught African children in French possessions to remember "our ancestors, the Gauls." They are of a piece with the creed of scouting as devised by Baden-Powell, with pen-pal clubs and ham radio and collecting stamps, which Walter Benjamin said were the visiting cards left by governments in children's playrooms. They belong to the same branch of literature as the Rover Boys and Tom Swift and the fantasized travels of Richard Halliburton. They are predicated on nostalgia for a world in which strength rested upon ignorance, and this was so even in the ostensibly simpler times in which Hergé conceived them. Their world is the cosmos of childhood, after all, and childhood past is what all nostalgia refers to, even if wrongheaded adults insist on situating it within historical coordinates.
The visual, by today's lights, might be diminished just as easily, you might think, considering by contrast the dark abstract tangles that represent the world in many of today's strips, including some of the better-known superhero adventures, or noting that the heirs of the clear line, most famously Joost Swarte, have applied it to an ironically jolly delirium in which there are not only no moral certainties, but not even any definite up or down or inside or outside. But even Batman has one foot in the adult world these days, even if politicians are no closer to growing up. That the adventures of Tintin remain unsullied by maturity or experience allows them to preserve their power as a visual primer. They are an Eden of the graphic eye, in which every object—each shoe, each road, each flame and book and car and door—is in some way the first, the model that instructs the beholder on the nature of the thing and makes it possible to grow up knowing how to cut through fog and perceive essentials. What Hergé did is as serious and as endlessly applicable as geometry. Small-minded, reactionary, immature, he is not the Rembrandt or the Leonardo or the Cézanne of the comic form—he is its Euclid.
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Delaware, USA – June 18, 2019 – One of the leaders of airplane parts manufacturing was informed to have shut down operations at its plants because of a large-scale ransomware attack. Asco Industries who is the leader in the design and manufacture of major functional components for Boeing and Airbus commercial passenger jets, Airbus A400M military aircraft, Ariane space launch rockets, as well as for Lockheed Martin and Bombardier among others, appears to be in production delay and losses for more than a week already. The company's plants technical personnel across four countries received an unemployment allowance.
Asco has informed the authorities about the incident and engaged the external and internal experts to deal with the situation, however, there is no public information about the name of the ransomware and systems restoring updates.
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Fog Island
posted by admin | July 17, 2013 | B-movie Reviews, B-movies, Horror movies, modern horror, New Releases, Reviews by the Goon, screeners, Slasher, Slasher films
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Welcome to Fog Island, your final resting place! Just by taking a glance at the cover, John Carpenter's The Fog immediately comes to mind. However, fans of the Italian horror genre will notice that it bears a slight resemblance to Bay of Blood a.k.a. Twitch of the Death Nerve and why shouldn't it? Fog Island is more than a subtle nod to the slasher genre, it's more of an homage, borrowing heavily from Friday the 13th, but we all know who they borrowed from…
The movie starts in the right atmosphere; that magical hour right before the sun comes up over the ocean and the Earth is painted in dark blue hues, covered in a mist. The sounds of a victimized scream and a cartoony splat make for some ambience to provide exposition. The title smashes in big, bold and red, like something from a 70's Grindhouse flick.
We cut to Nikki arriving by boat. She's not flocking to Fog Island for their collectable, commemorative plates, no. Looking for a fresh start from a divorce, she also happens to be starting Fog Island's very first radio station with her non-descript friend Michelle and a rag-tag bunch of DJ's that will fill in the rest of the stereotypes. After all, this is exactly what an old time, creepy secluded island needs. I don't foresee anything going wrong here.
Anyway, let me introduce you to your body count, I mean, characters! First we have the innocent Drew, the perverted comic relief Billy and a transvestite Tabitha, who is a bit of a drama queen (no pun intended). We even get to meet the creepy old cleaning lady, Lily. They kick off the radio station and it seems to be a hit. Well, at least that one lady they showed likes it. So everything is hunky-dory… or is it? Later in the evening, Nikki is awakened by a shadow figure knocking at her door. What does it want?
The next day, this film's Crazy Ralph, Mickey, warns Michelle that they need to leave because it's not safe. Hey, what would a slasher flick be without a prophet of doom? Meanwhile, we catch glimpses of the shadow figure harassing Nikki, who dips into her flask of a liquid that is described as, "smelling like paint thinner." Hey, a multipurpose liquor! Being that it's Nikki's first night on the air, this leaves the rest of the cast as open game, as the killer playfully gallops and trots, spying on the rest of the crew until he claims his first victim, Michelle… and steals her phone. Must be a jealous ex. The killer plays some creepy children's music (honestly, is there another kind?) and lays down some lilies… ahem.
Concerned that she can't reach Michelle, Lily reassures Nikki that it's probably just diarrhea and shouldn't worry. Come to think of it, Lily is the one who should worry since she has to clean the toilets in that place! Anyway, Lily tells Nikki of the dark and haunted history of the house and about the murder that took place there, a dark shadowed figure looming in the hallways… and this is when just as the crew is figuring out something is wrong with the place and the island, they get picked off one by one in automatic slasher fashion, but instead of resorting to off screen kills or slashes, there is some gore here. Aside from various stabs, there is a decapitation, a spearing through the bed (a nod to Friday the 13th) and even a shout out to The Burning when one of them is stabbed to death with garden shears and the killer jabs them into the tree. Heck, the killer is even wearing a pea coat and fedora much like Cropsy.
By now, the killer is calling the radio station, telling Nikki that she has been watched the whole time and the house doesn't belong to her. She takes this relatively calm, but after spotting some flowers and hearing that music again, the killer comes into light, revealing their identity and motive, which turns out to be a very Pamela Voorhees inspired story. By the way, if you want to know the identity of the killer, I'll drop you a hint: It's the only character that isn't dead.
Fog Island is composed of the clichés that form your typical slasher flicks nowadays. Phones ringing and not being answered, but when they are answered it's a deep, scratchy voice, the drunk prophet of doom, the geek, the slut, the comedian and the continuous asking of, "Hello?" as they chase after a shadowy figure, the creepy townsfolk (although this is only mentioned in dialogue). Speaking of, that's a subplot that the film never really got into. You never really get to know the island, just the characters in the radio station. Although, this could be a good thing, giving us more personal time to know these characters. And with the characters, it never really goes into why Nikki is hiding the fact that she drinks. I'm assuming it's because of the divorce, but it's never really explained. Maybe she is trying to hide the fact that she secretly has the world's last remaining Ecto Cooler and doesn't want to share it.
I think American audiences won't know whether or not this is supposed to directly be a horror-comedy or not… I surely didn't. Fog Island is a funny film, but like I said, I don't know if it's intentional. However, the film's certainly aware of the films it's mimicking and has fun with it. Most of these aren't being shoved in your face though, although they aren't quite subtle to the horror film aficionado. Since I mentioned having fun, a majority of the dialogue was improvised, which is actually quite interesting. It does make for more natural conversation, however at times it can be seen that the actors are waiting for the other to finish speaking so they can spit out their line of dialogue and this causes them to trip over each other's lines.
This one is a really interesting and quite unique little diddy. All the nods and tributes to some of the classic slasher flicks of the 70's and 80's will keep you entertained. Fog Island was made with no budget and all love for old school horror flicks. It packs in some gore and plenty of laughs, making it worth the adventure to see.
Take a shot everytime you recognize something from another film.
Cliche central.
Naked Nikki.
The very mention of diarrhea.
Tranny troubles.
Crocodile Dundee reference.
You're treated to some splats, squirts, decaps and stabbings.
Nikki bears 'em both and they are magnificent.
If Cropsy, the dude from Torso and The Driller Killer had a baby with Pamela Voorhees.
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Anthony Pettis announces he has parted ways with the UFC to explore free agency
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Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has announced he has parted ways with the UFC in order to explore free agency.
Pettis fought out the final bout of his UFC contract this past weekend when he won a unanimous decision over Alex Morono at UFC Vegas 17. Following the bout, Pettis said that he planned on exploring free agency, but also said that his top choice would be to re-sign with the UFC and get a rematch with Tony Ferguson. Well, it appears that rematch won't be happening anytime soon as Pettis is now officially on the free-agent market.
Taking to his social media on Tuesday, Pettis issued a statement to his fans where he confirmed he has parted ways with the UFC and is now planning on exploring free agency.
After 12 years I've decided to part ways with the UFC to explore free agency.
Pettis also posted a letter than he wrote to the UFC, thanking Dana White and co.
Thank you @ufc @danawhite 🙏👊🤝 pic.twitter.com/pJtBo2Hpxc
Thank you @ufc @danawhite
Pettis (24-10) has been in the UFC since 2011 and overall he had an 11-9 record in the Octagon. Pettis won the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 164 in August 2013 when he submitted Benson Henderson to win the belt. He defended it once against Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 before dropping it to Rafael dos Anjos in an upset at UFC 185. During his UFC career he fought in three weight classes — 145lbs, 155lbs, and 170lbs — and picked up notable wins over Donald Cerrone (twice), Stephen Thompson, Joe Lauzon, Jeremy Stephens, Michael Chiesa, Jim Miller, and Charles Oliveira.
When he spoke about a potential trip to free agency recently, Pettis mentioned specifically that his brother Sergio Pettis signed with Bellator as a free agent, and naturally, there are MMA analysts such as Daniel Cormier who believes that Pettis will sign with Bellator. Pettis is free to look around and see what the best offer out there is, but if he wants to fight for a North-American promotion and be closer to his brother Sergio, then Bellator fits the bill.
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40 Tribes was founded in 2010 with an interest in discovering the next far out, exotic, untouched destination for ski touring and splitboarding. The little known and hugely misunderstood Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan - once developed by the Soviets for skiing - grabbed our attention right away as the new frontier. During 2 seasons scouting the endless Kyrgyzstani backcountry, we realized the potential to utilize entirely native resources - yurts, mountains, snow, and motivated locals - to help foster a more innovative and adventurous edge to the country's emerging winter tourism industry. The result: Kyrgyzstan's first fully-winterized yurt camp, set in a remote corner of the Tien Shan Mountains, run in partnership with local families who live in the villages at the base of the very peaks we ride in. A wickedly comfortable basecamp, authentic local flavor that still caters to Western tastes, and world-class terrain right out the back door. A place and an experience that's so wildly different from anything you've imagined before, it's sure to be one you'll never forget.
Kyrgyzstan will always be at the heart of 40 Tribes, but it's clearly in our blood to pioneer the next rad adventure. In April 2015 we spearheaded the first basecamp expedition of its kind at 78° North on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. In February 2016 we ran a village-based expedition in the Caucasus mountains in Georgia's Upper Svaneti region. In April 2017 we ran our first expedition to the Russian Far East - Kamchatka - where we basecamped amongst the perfect birch forest of the Ganalsky Range and rode from the summits of active volcanoes. And in 2018 we launched a summer shredventure in an exclusive zone deep in the Chilean Andes and then boarded the shred train in Western Siberia just a few months later for an early season pow smashing mission of epic proportions. If you've got a taste for unthinkable, one-of-a-kind backcountry adventures, take your pick!
2020 MARKS TEN YEARS OF 40 TRIBES OPS IN KYRGYZSTAN. GET READY TO PARTY!


This has been a very good year for Beethoven piano sonata aficionados who prefer the sound of the period pianoforte. Alexei Lubimov's idiosyncratic but mostly engaging account of the final three sonatas appeared early in 2011, joining two previous accounts of the last three well worth recommending: Ronald Brautigam's fast, fleet, comparatively 'classical' approach and Paul Komen's warm, rich reading on the Globe label. And now Penelope Crawford, maybe the leading American fortepianist, weighs in with her interpretation - arguably the best of all. It's closest to Komen's in its lyricism, poetic demeanor, and spiritualism. I wouldn't want to miss any of Crawford, Komen, or Brautigam, but then I'm mad about this music.
Penelope Crawford actually jumps into Op. 109 with abandon and virtuosity, and there is not much relenting in the drama or the fine percussive attack of the Conrad Graf 1835 instrument until the slow movement unfolds over thirteen expansive minutes. A few of the variations here really do have the healing magic that distinguishes the very best performances: just listen to the extraordinary muted tones of the Graf instrument at around 7:25. Op. 110 follows a similar pattern: there is no short-changing any of the moods Beethoven strikes, nor an attempt to homogenize them; if Crawford has a leg up on the speedy Brautigam or the warm Komen, it is that her approach to the music cannot always be packed up in a single adjective. The fugal sections of the work are played with a Bach-like coolness and objectivity which melt away in the adagios (the transition from 5:40-5:55 is masterfully done), and in the triumphant final climax.
The final sonata lacks, in its opening pages, the extra savagery which is so compelling in Brautigam's reading; one misses the fiery drama which can tie the first movement to the mood of Beethoven's past struggles in C minor. But the arietta is something altogether different, and here Crawford offers as lucid and transcendent a reading as you can hear anywhere. I've long felt that the fortepiano sound is irreplaceable in some of the variations of the movement: they still sound alien on a modern concert grand, but they are really daring, especially magical on the more alien variations at the topmost registers of the instrument. If you know the sonata only from performances on a Steinway, you'll know there are variations of somewhat mystical, esoteric tinkling: but on this instrument, with its extraordinary muted sonorities, those passages sound dangerous, new, startling, and chillingly beautiful.
Even setting performance aside it's an attractive package: the sound is ideally welcoming, the pianoforte a marvelous warm instrument (as mentioned) tuned as scholars estimate the keys would have been tuned at the time, and the booklet essay, by Jeremiah McGrann, is really an outstanding (and in-depth at 14 pages) look at these works. I prefer my Opp. 109-111 to be spiritual exercises, and in the first two it hardly gets better than Gilels/DG for me; Penelope Crawford comes from this tradition and she is a rare fortepianist who could stand up to direct comparison to Gilels or Pollini. She is clearly a major artist able to find both classical backbone and poetic blood in the lives of these works, and the Graf instrument is one of the best to ever be deployed in these sonatas.
When I got this disc for review, I was still working on a write-up of Alexei Lubimov's disc, covering the same sonatas and on an Aloiss Graf instrument; I thought, "oh, no, not another one". My reaction would have been much different had I known. This disc is special.


A single-family office based in the Eastern US that was established in order to identify investment opportunities on behalf of its founding family is currently managing over $1 billion in total assets, and is looking for new investment opportunities in the life science space. The firm has no set time frame to make an allocation, but would invest in a firm within the next 3-6 months if a compelling opportunity were identified. Because the firm is backed by the founding family and is not a typical fund that must go through the fundraising cycle, they have the ability to deploy capital as soon as an opportunity is sourced. The firm typically makes initial investments in the $500,000 to $1 million range.
The firm is currently most interested in companies in the medical technology space, but has no specific area of interest within it, and thus would be open to considering any kind of medical device.
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> 2016-10-21T13:22:32: Server did not specify smart card port. Smart card support will be disabled.
> 2016-10-21T13:22:32: Server did not specify nfs port. Local drives will be disabled.
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$n<=2^31$ and $k<=10^7.$
You can assume that the input is given such that $n^k$ contains at least six digits.

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The necklace is oxidized to accentuate the details of the silver bones. The chain is made of sterling silver and is extendable up to 22″.


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CCS Insight / Blog / Nreal Lights the Way
Nreal Lights the Way
New headset signals the next generation of augmented reality glasses
Nreal's Light smart glasses went on sale recently in South Korea, and for me, they're one of the most exciting pieces of technology to launch over the past few years. We've seen progression in devices such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, gaming consoles and more, but new members in these categories have generally been iterative improvements on a theme, rather than truly ground-breaking products.
This is where the Nreal Light stands out. These augmented reality (AR) smart glasses are the closest thing so far to being a mainstream AR device for the consumer market. Other products have tried to tap into this space before, but being technologically immature devices with prohibitively high prices and a lack of uses for them, they've generally sold very few units. I'm backing the Nreal Light to break this trend and in time become known as a torch-bearer for AR.
So, what's the Nreal Light and what makes it different? The device is a sunglasses-style AR headset that can project images and overlay apps onto the real world. It has a 52-degree field of view and a stereoscopic display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels; for wearers, this is the equivalent of viewing a 100-inch screen. This allows users to see content projected in front of them, as demonstrated in the video below from Nreal.
One of the main areas that sets the Nreal Light apart from previous AR glasses for consumers is that it connects by tethering to a smartphone. The headset hands off power and processing requirements to the smartphone, which allows it to be smaller and lighter than existing head-mounted displays that need to house batteries and computing units. To deliver a truly portable AR experience, comfort is paramount, and the tethered-to-smartphone design of the Light looks to be a winner on this front.
Another major benefit of this design is that it allows the Nreal Light to provide a user experience starting from the smartphone. The headset's Nebula operating system provides a 3D interface that lets people view their smartphone apps through the glasses. Users can dive into the content and services they already use on a daily basis, rather than needing to navigate an entirely new environment.
As well as lowering the hurdle of learning to use the new technology, the smartphone-first approach also helps to insulate against criticism about a lack of dedicated extended reality apps and services at launch. Platforms like Spatial, which allow users to socialize with friends in virtual spaces, are promising support for the Nreal Light, but this doesn't change the fact that it will take time for a breadth of extended reality services to grow and develop.
It's a frustrating problem, and there's a chicken-and-egg scenario here: content developers will want to see headset sales to convince them to build for AR, whereas customers want to see content to convince them to buy a device. In time, this impasse should unblock, but until then, smartphone apps provide a solid content platform for Nreal to build on.
Once dedicated extended reality services arrive, they offer a huge amount of promise. Plenty of people will be familiar with the potential uses for AR, which are now closer than ever. Concepts like getting heads-up turn-by-turn directions when navigating somewhere new, or watching a film on a huge virtual screen while on public transport, are becoming a reality. In the same way that touch screens revolutionized the way people interact with technology, AR glasses could reinvent the way we see and engage with the world around us, providing a canvas for innovative and powerful new experiences.
There are caveats to any hype about new technology, and Nreal doesn't escape this. Although its hardware is a major step in the right direction, AR glasses of the future will aim to offer a sleeker design than the Light, which perhaps just falls short of the "would I wear it in public?" test. Battery life could also be a problem, as it seems as though the Light might drain the battery of an attached smartphone in just a few hours, which would be a dealbreaker for many people.
Despite this, the Nreal Light still feels like a step up, and I believe it sets the example for other AR devices to follow. There's already evidence of this in devices from headset makers including the likes of Pico, Panasonic and iQiYi, all of which are working to launch extended reality viewers that tether to a smartphone. As more devices launch later this year and into 2021, it will help to develop and gradually cement the product category. But for now, Nreal is the player to watch as it seeks to Light the way.
Written by: Leo Gebbie


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Q: Are Bandit Algorithms Considered as Online Algorithms? I think bandit algorithms(such as multi-armed bandit algorithms) can be considered as online algorithms because they make decision and update the parameters as data arrives. However, I can't find any articles/posts that confirm this statement.

A: Multi-armed bandit is a problem, not algorithm, there are multiple algorithms for solving it. Depending on your solution, you could solve it in online, or offline fashion. For example, you could decide that for a thousand of rounds you gather data by playing randomly, than use this data to estimate the expected payoffs, and given the estimate play the best arm. This would be clearly offline solution. On another hand, you could use something like $\varepsilon$-greedy, or Thompson sampling, that are online algorithms, as they adapt to incoming data, rather than processing it all-at-once.


These golf themed favors are sure to be a hit at your wedding or golf outing.Personalized Golf Balls, Personalized Golf Tees, Golf Luggage Tags, and Golf Themed Cookie Favors are great for golf themed weddings for weddings or events on location at a golf course.
These really cute baby golf balls are perfect for baby shower favors and also baby announcements. You can hand them out at the hospital or give them to your friends and family that come by your house. These are great if you are having men at the baby showers. Baby golf balls are something that they would love. Price is per pack of 3 in a sleeve.
Cookie Favors - Golfbag These cute cookie favors are made with a lemon sugar dough. They are packaged in shrink wrap. You can personalize by putting them in a cello bag and tying a personalized ribbon or adding a hang tag. Each cookie is ~4.5" 2-3 week lead time. Must order in increments of 12 after the minimum of 24. Price is per cookie. Great for golf wedding favors.
Cookie Favors - Golfer These cute cookie favors are made with a lemon sugar dough. They are packaged in shrink wrap. You can personalize by putting them in a cello bag and tying a personalized ribbon or adding a hang tag. Each cookie is ~4.5" 2-3 week lead time. Must order in increments of 12 after the minimum of 24. Price is per cookie. Great for golf themed wedding favors.
These golf ball tape measures are great for golf wedding favors. Whether the two of you met over a leisurely game of "love" or golf has just become a favorite activity you enjoy together, you will need a favor that ties in with this sporty theme. This handy tape measure in the shape of a golf ball can make the "par-fect" gift for your guests. One side of the ball is flat and can be personalized for an additional charge. Comes neatly packaged in a clear box and white satin bow. The sporty design on the front gives the look that the golf ball tape measure is resting on a tee. Price is per golf ball tape measure. Minimum order is 24.
Size of finished favor: 2" x 3.2", Size of tape measure: 1.75".
These unique golf cart pencil sharpeners make great unique wedding favors. They are boxed, so the golf cart pencil sharpeners will easy to favor wrap. We have personalized gift wrapping paper to make it a truly unique favor. 1 3/4"H x 3"L Price is per golf cart pencil sharpener. Minimum order is 12.
Golf themed fortune cookies are great for golf events and golf resort wedding favors. Each golf fortune cookie pail contains 9 golf themed fortune cookies. Price is per pail. These can be personalized with a really cute 1 dimensional "bow". Must order a minimum of 24, and increments of 12 after that, to have them personalized. If you want them personalized add your personalization in the comment field below. Minimum order is 12. Must order in increments of 12.
Talk to your wife now. Golf season is coming up soon.
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"The older I get, the better I used to be."
Golf themed sugar cubes are perfect for your golf tea party or to sweeten tea on a nice summery day! These assorted golf themed sugar cubes are 1.25"L. They can also be used to decorate cakes, cookies, or cupcakes. They are just cute. Price is per set of 40 assorted golf themed sugar cubes.
Milk Chocolate Golf Balls Are you an athlete or a sports fan? These milk chocolate golf balls will be a big hit with your guests! These chocolates are sold by the pound. Please note that due to the melting point of milk chocolate, it may not be shipped in certain areas, at certain times of the year. Price is per pound. Minimum order is 2 pounds. Must order in increments of 2 pounds. ~72 pcs per pound.
Are you having your special event at a golf club house? Or marrying a golf "pro"? These personalized golf balls are perfect! You can package them in our clear favor boxes so that your guests can see them or one of the solid favor boxes so that they will be surprised. They are both sold in our wedding favors packaging section. Customize each ball with your names and event date and you've transformed an ordinary golf ball into a treasured keepsake for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries or corporate events. Imprint is one color, and .72" diameter (about the size of a quarter). Minimum order is 40 balls. Price is per personalized golf ball. Please allow up to 2 weeks before shipping. $20 rush fee for 2-3 days processing time before shipping. Please add your personalization in the comment field below. Please note character limits for the personalization. If you have too many characters, it will only delay your order, until we can get it corrected. Click on the view button to see designs.
Personalized Golf Tees II Time for tee? Guests will remember your special day every time they plant one of these into the green. Personalize them with one line of text (up to 22 characters) in a choice of two type styles. 100 tee minimum. We will not split orders. Tees are white and text is laser engraved onto the tee. This item ships within 10 business days of the date that the order was placed. Price is per 100 tees Put personalization information in the comment field below.
Personalized Soda - 24 bottles/case 12 Oz Bottles. These personalized drinks or personalized soda are the most adorable favors! Spring Water with flat cap, Old Fashion Rootbeer, Diet Rootbear, Vanilla Cream, Black Cherry, Orange, Raspberry Lime Rickey, Grape, Carbonated Fruit Punch, Iced Tea, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Beer, Natural Sparkling Water, Lime Sparkling Water, Cherry Sparkling Water. Sold by the case only. You can not mix the flavors within a case. Click to view labels for beverages Put the design number in the comment field below. If you don't see a design that you like, describe the desired graphic in the comment field below. 24 hour lead time once order is confirmed. This does not include shipping time. You will be emailed your shipping costs. East Cost is usually around $10 - $15 and West Cost is around $18 - $25, per case. We do get discounted shipping on these cases, so it is really hard to give you an exact amount until it ships. Great for golf themed wedding favors.


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Susan Sgorbati
Susan Sgorbati has been seriously investigating improvisation as performance for twenty years. For the last five years in collaboration with scientists, she has been exploring the relationship between dance and music improvisation and complex systems. Her work has led her to three residencies at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California under the tutelage of Dr. Gerald Edelman and a dialogue with Dr. Stuart Kauffman, who was in residence at Bennington College in the fall of 2004. Sgorbati's Emergent Improvisation Project is a co-commissioning project by the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with Bennington College, The Neurosciences Institute, New England Complex Systems Institute, and the National Performance Network Creation Fund. The Creation Fund is sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Altria, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). The Jerome Robbins Foundation and the Bumper Foundation are also supporting this research. Sgorbati is currently on the Dance Faculty at Bennington College, where she has been teaching since 1983.
Moving into the Out There
Presenters and participants included New School professors Ivan Raykoff, Philip Silva, Danielle Goldman, Neil Greenberg, Victoria Marshall, and Robert Sember; PARK collaborators Kathy Westwater, Seung Jae Lee and Jennifer Scappetonne; iLAND board members Elliott Maltby, Kate Cahill, Carolyn Hall and Julia Handschuh, Jennifer Monson; choreographer and improviser Susan Sgorbati, social scientist at the U.S. Forest Service, Erika Svendson; artist Kyle deCamp. Performance created by Athena Kokoronis. Workshops by E.J. McAdams; Liz Barry, Jessica Einhorn and Lailye Weidman of Higher E.D.; and Clarinda Mac Low of River to Creek.
Moving Into the Out There is iLAND's fourth annual symposium on dance, movement, and the environment. The two-day event in the heart of New York City brings together dancers, choreographers, designers, ecologists, advocates, and scientists for interactive panel discussions, field workshops, and networking opportunities. This year's symposium features an in-depth review of PARK, an environmental performance project at Fresh Kills Landfill supported by the 2011 iLAB Residency. Moving Into the Out There will also highlight iLAND's recent efforts to synthesize insights and discoveries from the past seven years of iLAB collaborative residencies. Detailed event descriptions are attached.
Moving Into the Out There is an open forum for exploring new methods of understanding urban ecosystems through innovative collaborations between practitioners of movement, dance, science, and environmental management. iLAND cultivates a deeper engagement with urban environmental issues through its cross-disciplinary approach, and the annual symposium invites the general public to experience and explore recent works emerging from the iLAND community. Moving Into the Out There features the work of iLAND's 2011 iLAB Residency, opening up the results of that collaborative experience to a wider audience for discussion.
Throughout the Symposium, participants share in the process of searching for shared language and collaborative processes that cut across the arts and sciences, focusing on dance and the body as primary mediators of experience, imagination, and knowing. Through Moving Into the Out There iLAND aims to generate conversation about collaborative practice throughout communities of art and science, instigating new ways of understanding and intervening in contemporary environmental problems – particularly those related to over-development and climate change.


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When did it become okay? That the Politicians of our time are richer than businessmen!
Something is wrong in our day and age. When the Members of Parliament, the politicians and the appointed leadership are richer, than ever before. When the politicians and the ones representing us are richer than the ones building factories and owning businesses. That is just wrong, that is not right. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
The Members of Parliament, the politicians, the councilors and the local government officials wasn't supposed to be the kingpins and have the biggest mansions. They are supposed to represent us and make sure that society are working for all of us. Maybe with different ideology and party affiliation, but their existence and their livelihood depend on the idea, that they are representing us. The politicians are supposed to be there for us and be there as guards. And if we don't like they way they are guarding our society, we change them with someone else in the next election. That is how it is supposed to be, right?
However, that is not the case in our day. To many places they are honorable, they are noble, they have more businesses than businessmen, they have more investment too. They are using their connections for government tenders and also trading with State Owned Enterprises (SOE). All of this so they can sponge off the state and secure even more profits on the dime of the citizens. Instead of delivering and representing, they are become traders of faith and billing society too.
That wasn't the intention. It wasn't supposed to be rigged elections and fixed results. That makes sense for the leadership not representing the people or delivering. Since they don't have to, it is just a charade securing the leadership "legitimacy" with an election, but the people didn't elect them. That was ghosts, bots and algorithms. They have no interests in caring or delivering. Neither has the ones who used a coup to gain power. They fought there for their own will, not depending on the goodwill and trust of the public.
There are so many leaders and MPs, so many parliamentarians who seems more preoccupied with their SUVs, Mansions, Salaries and expense accounts. That they are not considering the troubles of the working people, about the pensioners and the ones unemployed. They are just happy go lucky, that the fortune hit them. The poverty, the lacking services and the misuse of power doesn't mind them. These people could make it on their own, that is why they are unfortunate. Not that it's the MPs, the Presidents or the representatives who didn't see who they represent.
When we forget that they are representing us, they are representing the ideas of our society and the will of change that is needed. There is always need for change and need for productivity. There is always need for service delivery and making sure the government are accountable. However, when the representative is more keen on their own pockets and getting connections to enrich themselves. Then they loose their meaning and their purpose. They are then marionettes for the elites and the corporations. The politicians becomes stooges and relics instead of the representing the people of their constituency.
This has to change, we have to change this, we cannot accept that the MPs, the politicians are taking us for granted and using us for their own gain. They are there to serve, unless they don't change. We have to serve them, we have to demonstrate and boycott their well-wishers. We cannot just look at these leaders of ours and be happy with it.
If they wont represent us, then we have to get fresh blood. Get people who actually care and give a damn. Because the ones in our time are greedy, selfish loot of people, who needs to recognized and be dealt with, before we are dealt with and we will be left behind. Peace.


It's always easy to give at one of our campuses! Either place your tithe/offering in the basket during one of our worship services or drop it off in a designated collection bin.
Many of our members elect to receive personalized envelopes that are used for weekly gifts (and helpful for record-keeping). If you would like to receive personalized envelopes for your family, please contact janet.chambers@longhollow.com.


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On June 26, the Stockton City Council voted 6-1 to approve a "pendency plan" to guide the city through the Ch. 9 bankruptcy process. The move comes after mediation with creditors as part of the AB 506 process failed.
News websites throughout California and beyond have picked up the story to determine what it means for our city of nearly 300,000 and what it means in the larger perspective.
"With the city of Stockton moving to become the nation's largest city to seek protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Tuesday night's City Council meeting was quiet, with an evident sadness on faces in the packed chambers…" read more HERE.
"Stockton has been in negotiations with its creditors since late March under AB 506, a new California law requiring mediation before a municipality can file for reorganization of debt. It was the first use of the law, and policy analysts who watched its torturous and tedious progress have titled their report on it 'Death by a Thousand Meetings.' Mediation ended Monday at midnight…" read more HERE.
The post includes a live chat with L.A. Times Assistant City Editor Kimi Yoshino, a former Record reporter.
"Stockton, Calif. could become the largest American city ever to file for bankruptcy on Wednesday…" read more HERE.
"STOCKTON, Calif. — The long, slow slide into financial collapse is nearly complete for this Central Valley community…" read more HERE.
"Stockton, California, said it will file for bankruptcy after talks with bondholders and labor unions failed, making the agricultural center the biggest U.S. city to seek court protection from creditors…" read more HERE.
"Stockton, California will become the largest U.S. city to seek protection from its creditors after its leaders approved a budget on Tuesday night based on the city filing for bankruptcy…" read more HERE.